Microsoft forced to issue emergency Flash fix after delaying Windows patches

Feb 22 2017 by The Verge

 

Microsoft delayed its regular Patch Tuesday set of security fixes for its Windows and Office products earlier this month. The software maker blamed an unspecified “last minute issue,” and pushed back the set of patches a whole month. Microsoft was expected to patch a zero-day flaw in the company’s file sharing protocol, SMB, with its February patches, but the issue remains unfixed.

In a surprise out-of-band release last night, Microsoft issued a critical security fix to rectify an...

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